Arch support



Nov. 17, 1925.

A. A. FRIBERG ARCH SUPPORT WITNESS INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AXEL ALFRID FRIBERG, OF PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA; JOSEPH ID. MITCHELL ADMIN- ISTRATOR 0F SAID AXEL A. FRIBERG, DECEASED.

ARCH sorron'r.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEX A. FRIBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pawhuska, in the county of Osage and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Arch Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an arch support for boots and shoes, the general object of the invention being to provide means for holding up the instep of the foot at the inside of the foot where the weight of the body rests.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for forming a cushion for the outside of the foot.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In descrlbing my lnventlon in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view.

In these views, 1 indicates a plate formed of leather or the like and which is shaped to fit within a boot or shoe, the front of the plate being tapered and rounded so as to engage the insole of the shoe at a point slightly in advance of the instep portion. The inner edge of the plate is provided with an extension 2 which is curved upwardly, as shown, to engage the instep of the foot at the inside thereof. This part of the device 7, 1923. Serial N0. 661,474.

is reinforced by a plate 3 of metal which is in turn reinforced by a strip 4: of metal, these parts being riveted or otherwise fastened in place. A sheet 5 of rubber or the like is secured to the under face of the plate 1, this sheet being shorter than the plate 1 and having its front edge beveled, as shown at 5, with a portion of the sheet extending between the plate 1 and the plate 3.

This device will support the bones of the instep on the inside of the foot where the weight of the body rests. The rubber sheet if) will act as a cushion for the outside of the oot.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is An arch support comprising a plate of flexible material shaped to fit the inner sole of a shoe and having an extension at its inner side which is curved upwardly, a sheet of resilient material secured to the under face of the plate and forming a cushion for the foot, an imperforated metal reinforcing plate connected with the curved part of the flexible plate and having its lower edge overlapping the resilient sheet, and a transversely extending metal strip for reinforcing the metal plate, said strip being of curved formation and having its lower end extending beyond the lower edge of the metal plate and connected with the resilient sheet and the flexible plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

AXEL ALFRID FRIBERG. 

